In their pure form, chlorinated solvents are dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) that are, by definition, heavier than water. So, plumes of chlorinated solvents dissolved in groundwater must sink, right? I’ve had many conversations over the years where this claim...
Wilcox is in the midst of one of the most exciting times in our history. After more than 20 years of continued growth, in offices we had vastly outgrown, we decided to move to a brand new state of the art facility in downtown Speedway, right across from the...
The Indiana legislature’s passing of House Enrolled Act 1162 in April 2009 and IDEM’s adoption of the Remediation Closure Guide (RCG) in March 2012 put Indiana back on track for using the risk-based approaches for site closures that were more common before the...
It is standard practice when conducting any environmental field work to rely on written standard operating procedures (SOPs). In fact, there are a number of organizations that provide detailed technical information about what those SOPs should look like for specific...
There have been substantial advancements in the science of human health risk assessment utilized by environmental consulting in the past decade. Historically, the primary exposure pathway utilized in risk assessment has focused on soil and ground water media and the...
TCE (trichloroethylene or trichloroethene), is not simply another acronym in the environmental consulting industry. It’s got a few others that could go along to help describe it: VOC (volatile organic compound), DNAPL (dense, non-aqueous phase liquid), and COC...
